At the controls of South’s offense was sophomore point guard Maddie Erickson, who scored 16 points, including two 3-pointers.

The Bruins opened with an 8-0 run and never trailed. South led 48-43 at halftime.

North (1-2, 1-1 EDC) used its perimeter shooting to prevent the Bruins from running away with the game. The Spartans finished with 13 3-pointers from six different shooters.

“Offensively I thought we shot well, but at the same time we sort of settled at times for outside shots instead of driving inside,” North head coach Derek Ouren said. “South played very well and deserved to win.”

Senior guard Kate Astrup led the Spartans with 17 points and connected for three 3-pointers.

“They were hot around the 3-point line,” Erickson said. “But we didn’t let them have many second chances on the offensive end. We rebounded the ball well the entire game.”

South held the rebounding advantage over North 49-25, which helped feed its transition offense.

“We didn’t do a good job of getting up the line and preventing South from getting those second passes down low,” Ouren said.

North got as close as three points of South early in the second half.

Erickson hit a 3-pointer with 6 minutes, 54 seconds left to extend South’s lead to 70-60 and was part of a 10-2 run that allowed the Bruins to put the game out of reach.

“We knew coming in that North was a good 3-point shooting team,” Smedshammer said. “We just were able to withstand their shooting and kept battling. That eventually helped us to the win.”